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In another incident in Idaho, a sixth grade teacher named Sarah Inama was directed by her district to remove two posters from her classroom. One said, quote, everyone is welcome here above an illustration of hands with different skin tones. The other said everyone is, quote, welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued and equal. The backdrop of each word was a color of the rainbow.
In another incident in Idaho, a sixth grade teacher named Sarah Inama was directed by her district to remove two posters from her classroom. One said, quote, everyone is welcome here above an illustration of hands with different skin tones. The other said everyone is, quote, welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued and equal. The backdrop of each word was a color of the rainbow.
The school district told Inama it wasn't the words on these posters that were a potential problem, but rather the colors of the rainbow and the different skin tones on the illustrated hands. The school district said they violated policy requiring classroom content to remain neutral. At first, Inama took down the posters, but she told NPR that made her feel gross, so she put them back up.
The school district told Inama it wasn't the words on these posters that were a potential problem, but rather the colors of the rainbow and the different skin tones on the illustrated hands. The school district said they violated policy requiring classroom content to remain neutral. At first, Inama took down the posters, but she told NPR that made her feel gross, so she put them back up.
The school district told Inama it wasn't the words on these posters that were a potential problem, but rather the colors of the rainbow and the different skin tones on the illustrated hands. The school district said they violated policy requiring classroom content to remain neutral. At first, Inama took down the posters, but she told NPR that made her feel gross, so she put them back up.
She told NPR a district staffer confronted her.
She told NPR a district staffer confronted her.
She told NPR a district staffer confronted her.
She says she still has the everyone is welcome poster up now.
She says she still has the everyone is welcome poster up now.
She says she still has the everyone is welcome poster up now.
As a result of the on-again, off-again tariff policy from the Trump administration, there's been a lot of attention on the fluctuations in the stock market. The market swung wildly at the start of the month, prompting brokerages like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and S&P to raise their odds of a recession in the United States. And economists are also watching the value of the U.S.
As a result of the on-again, off-again tariff policy from the Trump administration, there's been a lot of attention on the fluctuations in the stock market. The market swung wildly at the start of the month, prompting brokerages like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and S&P to raise their odds of a recession in the United States. And economists are also watching the value of the U.S.
As a result of the on-again, off-again tariff policy from the Trump administration, there's been a lot of attention on the fluctuations in the stock market. The market swung wildly at the start of the month, prompting brokerages like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and S&P to raise their odds of a recession in the United States. And economists are also watching the value of the U.S.
dollar with growing concern. It dropped to a three-year low at the start of the week. And since Inauguration Day, the dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value. So what does that mean for the health of our economy?
dollar with growing concern. It dropped to a three-year low at the start of the week. And since Inauguration Day, the dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value. So what does that mean for the health of our economy?
dollar with growing concern. It dropped to a three-year low at the start of the week. And since Inauguration Day, the dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value. So what does that mean for the health of our economy?
We called up David Lynch, a global economics correspondent for The Washington Post, and he explained Trump's tariff announcement in early April was the type of event that usually spurs more investment in treasuries and bonds, which investors typically consider to be more stable assets.
We called up David Lynch, a global economics correspondent for The Washington Post, and he explained Trump's tariff announcement in early April was the type of event that usually spurs more investment in treasuries and bonds, which investors typically consider to be more stable assets.
We called up David Lynch, a global economics correspondent for The Washington Post, and he explained Trump's tariff announcement in early April was the type of event that usually spurs more investment in treasuries and bonds, which investors typically consider to be more stable assets.